Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

The version of Microsoft Office for Mac installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the december-16-2025 advisory.

  - Use after free in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-62557)

  - Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-62564)

  - Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code     locally. (CVE-2025-62556, CVE-2025-62560, CVE-2025-62561)

  - Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-62563)

  - Use after free in Microsoft Office Outlook allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-62562)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:

  - Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit to bypass authentication and     execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2025-62553, CVE-2025-62556, CVE-2025-62558, CVE-2025-62559,     CVE-2025-62560, CVE-2025-62561, CVE-2025-62563, CVE-2025-62564)     Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing a security update. They are, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2025-62553, CVE-2025-62564, CVE-2025-62563, CVE-2025-62556,     CVE-2025-62561, CVE-2025-62560)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Microsoft Office Online Server installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:

  - Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code     locally. (CVE-2025-62556,CVE-2025-62560,CVE-2025-62561)

  - Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-62563)

  - Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-62564)

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - A Remote Code Execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2025-62552, CVE-2025-62557, CVE-2025-62554, CVE-2025-62553,     CVE-2025-62561, CVE-2025-62563)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
278786	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (December 2025) (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high
278331	Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products C2R (December 2025)	Nessus	Windows	Local	high
277999	Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (December 2025)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	Local	high
277992	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Online Server (December 2025)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	Local	high
277985	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (December 2025)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	Local	high

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